May
English
/meɪ/
proper noun
Definitions
- The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English May derived from Old French mai derived from Latin māius (Maia's month, of May).
Origin
Latin
māius
Gloss
Maia's month, of May
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- May the Fourth English
- Maybot English
- Mayfair English
- Mayson English
- Maytide English
- Maytime English
- Meilani English
- apple English
- bloom English
- bush English
- fair English
- fish English
- flower English
- fly English
- fourth English
- may English
- mayapple English
- maybloom English
- maybush English
- mayfish English
- mayflower English
- mayfly English
- maying English
- maythorn English
- mayweed English
- mid-May English
- thorn English
- tide English
- time English
- weed English
- (mensis) Māius Latin
- Māius Latin
- māius Latin
- mei Dutch, Flemish
- mai French
- май Russian
- Μάϊος Ancient Greek
- Μᾱ́ϊος Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- maio Portuguese
- May Swedish
- メイ Japanese
- May Middle English
- maj Danish
- mai Old French
- मई Hindi
- Μάιος Greek (modern)
- May Cebuano
- meio Old High German
- May Tagalog
- Mei Malay
- Mee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Meefësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- မေ Burmese
- မေမေ Burmese
- အမေ Burmese
- מאי Hebrew (modern)
- mayo Old Portuguese
- მაისი Georgian
- মে’ Assamese
- maiu Aromanian
- máj Slovak
- Mei Swahili
- maitg Romansh
- Mey Scots
- Mai Friulian
- মে Bengali
- maaie Western Frisian
- Māe Marshallese
- Mei Tok Pisin
- Mae Breton
- Me Cornish
- Μάϊος gkm
- May Norwegian
- Mei Hawaiian
- maiu Kabuverdianu
- Mei Maori
- may Walloon
- မေႇ Shan
- Mayu Hausa
- mei North Frisian
- maghju Corsican
- Meyi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- Mē Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- maiu Tetum
- Meyi Tumbuka